hi i'm on ubuntu 10.10, and i've just joined linux world from os/x-apple.
i'm learning about runlevels and rc directory in /etc/ and everywhere (manuals, tutorials, etc) i'm reading about inittab. but i don't find it in my ubuntu.. why? does ubuntu follow runlevel model? how rc and levels are loaded without inittab?

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The /etc/inittab file was the configuration file used by the original
System V init(8) daemon.
The Upstart init(8) daemon does not use this file, and instead reads
its configuration from files in /etc/init. See init(5) for more
details.